Adolf Drechsler

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Hermann Adolf Drechsler (born January 30, 1815 in Waldkirchen im Erzgebirge , † August 29, 1888 in Dresden ) was a German astronomer , meteorologist and philosopher .

Life

Hermann Adolf Drechsler attended the city school in Sayda from 1825 , the grammar school in Bautzen from 1829 and the Kreuzschule in Dresden from 1832 , before moving to the University of Leipzig in 1836 to study theology and philosophy. There he passed the theological exam in 1840 and obtained a doctorate in the philosophy faculty in 1843. In the following year he turned to the University of Basel to study philosophy and natural sciences and worked there after his habilitation from 1846 to 1848 as a private lecturer in mathematics and philosophy. In 1848 he returned to Dresden and was there until 1853 teacher of mathematics and physics at the Blochmann educational institution associated with the Vitzthum grammar school. From 1853 he worked as a private teacher in Dresden, including at the commercial school, until he was appointed director of the mathematical-physical salon in the civil service in 1869 . He held this position until his death. In 1878 he was appointed councilor .

Adolf Drechsler was a member of numerous associations and learned societies: since 1854 of the association for the promotion of natural history " ISIS " in Dresden, where he was secretary and co-chair of the mathematical-physical section from 1855 to 1865. He was also a member of the Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou , the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute in Vienna , the Société linnéenne de Lyon , the Natural Research Society in Emden , the Historical Society in Basel , the Society for Nature and Medicine in Dresden , the ISIS to Bautzen and a few more. On March 1, 1863 he was admitted to the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina with the nickname Bradley . In Dresden he was a member of the Masonic lodge Zum golden Apfel .

Drechsler married Marie von Otto in 1854, with whom he had a daughter.

Works (selection)

  • Suicide considered in relation to the general moral nature of the spirit . Felix Schneider, Basel 1848, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10482640-9 .
  • Astronomical lectures given in a generally understandable form at Dresden in the winter of 1854/55 . Along with lithographed stone tablets. In commission at FC Janssen, Dresden 1855, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10060913-3 .
  • Astrological lectures to introduce "the understanding of the system and the history of astrology" held in Dresden in the winter of 1854/55 . With woodcuts printed in the text. In Commission at FC Janssen, Dresden 1855, doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-44397 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10132571-6 .
  • The personality of God and man is conceptually determined and presented as a necessary assumption . A contribution to orientation in the dispute between spiritualists and materialists. In commission at FC Janssen, Dresden 1856, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10043055-7 .
  • The solar and lunar eclipses in their course or instructions on how to determine them by calculation or drawing . Generally comprehensible and illustrated by examples. With 9 tables, 6 stone tablets and woodcuts printed in the text. Rudolf Kuntze's publishing house, Dresden 1858, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10060470-6 .
  • Characteristics of the philosophical systems since Kant . Lectures held in Dresden. Rudolf Kuntze's publishing house, Dresden 1863, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10045629-8 .
  • The Arabic celestial globe made in 1279 at Maragha by Muhammed bin Muwajid Elardhi belonging to the royal. mathematical-physical salon in Dresden . Published in eight lithographic plates with explanations. Royal Hofbuchhandlung von Hermann Berdach, Dresden 1873, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb11156580-1 .

literature

  • Wilhelm Haan : Dr. phil. Hermann Adolph Drechsler . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Alphabetical compilation of the scholars, writers and artists currently living in the Kingdom of Saxony, along with short biographical notes and evidence of their writings that have appeared in print. Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, p. 53-54 .
  • Changes in membership . In: Meeting reports and papers of the Natural Science Society ISIS in Dresden . Born in 1888. In Commission von Warnatz & Lehmann, Königl. Saxon. Court bookseller, Dresden 1889, p. 43 .
  • Wood turner, Hermann Adolf . In: BW Feddersen , AJ von Oettingen (Hrsg.): Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences . tape 3 . Publisher by Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1898, p. 380 ( archive.org [accessed January 4, 2017]).

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Haan: Dr. phil. Hermann Adolph Drechsler . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon , Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, p. 53 f.  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Wood turner, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drechsler, Hermann Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer, meteorologist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldkirchen in the Ore Mountains
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1888
Place of death Dresden